THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL 100, NO.2 (USPS 650-640)
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY AUG.28,1989
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Grissom was a nice guy, KU students recall
By Lisa Moss
Kansan staff writer
When Katherine Arenal met Richard Grissom Jr., she thought he was a nice guv.
Arenal, El Paso, Texas junior, met Grissom at Pizazz, a bar at Ninth and Mississippi streets, near the beginning of April. He told her his name was Ricky Choy, Arenal said.
"We started hanging out," Arenal said. "We played tennis and racquetball."
Five months later, on Aug. 16.
Grissom was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Christine Rusch, 22, and Theresa J. Brown, 22, both of Lenexa; and Joan M. Butler, 24, a 1987 University of Kansas graduate from Overland Park. No bodies have been found.
Butler was reported missing June to said Maj. John Round of the Butler.
'T
I the week Joan was missing, Ricky (Grissom) came over in her car. We drove around in it.'
Lt. David Burger of the Lenexa Police Department said Rusch and Brown, who were roommates, were reported missing June 27. They were assumed missing with foul play suspected on June 26, he said.
— Katherine Arenal
El Paso, Texas, junior
A reward of $18,000 is being offered for information about the three women, said Jim Graham, managing director of the Kansas City Crime Commission.
Grissom also is a suspect in the
death of Terri Maness, 25, of Wichita,
Round said.
Grissom faces numerous other charges including one count of aggra-
vated, kidnapping, four counts of aggrava­ted robbery and two counts of aggrava­ted burglary. Bond has
been set at $1 million, Round said.
In 1977, a juvenile court judge ruled that Grissom strangled 72-year-old Hazel Meeker of Lansing with a hair net and a rope and bludgeoned her iron-railroad spike, said Capt. Hanson of the Lenexa police.
"The worst thing I ever would have said about him is that I thought he was boring," Carolyn Masinton, 24, Lawrence resident, said. "He just seemed like your average guy."
Masinton, Arenaal's friend, also met Grissom at Pizazz.
"We noticed him because we had never seem him before," Masinton said. "He had presence about him. He was an incredibly good dancer and he was very good looking."
She said Grissom liked being in Lawrence because the people were friendly.
"When I first met Ricky (Grisom) I thought he was cute." Lyn Nye, Highland Park, Ill., senior, said. "I remember hearing on the news that Joan Butler was missing, but I never
KU prof interprets data from Voyager
By Derek Schmidt Kansan staff writer
When the data transmitted from Voyager 2's pass by Neptune reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a KU professor was there to study it.
Tom Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, is part of the team of scientists studying radiation from Neptune's magnetic field.
"It's an interesting and complex place." A woman sold at Nice.
Volcanoes spotted on Neptune's moon
The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — Voyager 2's close-up photos of Neptune's moon Triton reveal what look like active ice volcanoes that erupt explosively, spewing nitrogen ice
Watch Royals Stadium turn into the Bo show every game night
Destination Kansas City
Royals Stadium scoreboard during the seventh inning stretch.
by Gary Patton
What was once known as Royals baseball in Kansas City, Mo., is now known as the Bo Show in every big-league city.
Bo Jackson. In every game he plays, players and fans feel he may show them something that no one has ever seen before.
It may be a towering tape-measure homerun or a streaking, sliding catch along the leftfield line. It may be a 330-foot strike from the warning track that nails an opposing runner at home plate.
"Some of the things you'll see Bo do are just incredible," said Kirby Puckett, perennial all-star centerfielder of the Minnesota Twins. "You just have to be there to believe it."
On May 9, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Jackson thrilled about 21,000 dejected fans while he walked to the dugout after a missed third strike and simply snapped his hardwood Louisville slugger over his rock-hard right thigh like it was brittle kindling.
Even Bo's strikeouts are unbelievable.
No one had ever seen that before.
Jackson, named the most valuable player in this year's all-star game, is a big reason the Royals rank among the American League's best teams this season.
Besides its winning atmosphere, the stadium is one of the game's most beautiful parks. The water spectacular, just beyond the outfield walls, is the largest privately funded water fountain in the world, according to the Royals media guide.
Another big reason is that the team wins at home. Within the friendly confines of Royals Stadium, the Royals have been one of baseball's winning teams.
The fastest way to get to the park from Lawrence is by taking the Kansas Turnpike to Interstate 70, through Kansas City, Mo., and exiting south on to the Blue Ridge Cutoff. From the exit, the route to the stadium is well-marked by signs and
traffic guides.
In September, Royals fans will be treated to several special events.
Sept. 13 and Sept. 20 are autograph nights. From 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Royals players will be at autograph stations in the stadium for free signatures.
Sept. 23 is *Fan Appreciation Night*, featuring prize drawings between every inning. Two lucky fans with the correct ticket stubs will win Chevrolet vehicles.
Brett is joined by 41-year-old catcher Bob Boone, the Royals' own version of Superman. He is baseball's all-time leader for the most career games caught. And as he gets older, he seems to get better. This season, Boone is flirting with his highest batting average ever.
But of course, most fans are attracted to Royals Stadium by the winning Royals team, which features a bevy of all-stars and possibly a few future Hall-of-Famers.
"As goes George Brett, so go the Royals," baseball commentator Morgan said in July. "If Brett can get untracked from his early season injury and become the Brett of old, the Royals should be in contention at the end of the season."
George Brett, a 13-time all-star and two-time batting champion, heads the impressive roster. He is a key to the Royals pennant drive.
Other stand-outs include 1989 all-star pitcher Mark Gubicza, baseball's all-time best-fielding second baseman, Frank White, and the game's career hit leader among active players, Bill Buckner.
Game tickets for all Royals home games range in price from $3 general admission to $10 club level box seats. They can be purchased in Lawrence at Anchor Savings Association, 900 Ohio St., or ordered in advance by the "charge card" line, 1-800-422-1969.
The Royals final homestand this season is Sept. 22-24 against the Seattle Mariners, who split a two-game set in their visit to Kansas City.
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Secure cab reinstated for safety
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
Charles Bryan, KU on Wheels coordi-
nator, has announced the reinstatement of the Secure Cab program beginning tonight.
Secure Cab is a taxi service for students who need a ride home. The de is free with a valid KUID. students can call Secure Cab at 842-32 from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. ven days a week.
A-1 City Cab & Shuttle Corp. won a contract for the service. Student rate will pay the company an urate rate.
8. Jake White, student body president and North Platte, Neb., senior,
d the contract called for 64 hours for $18 an hour or
$145.60 for the 1980s.
sa said priority would be given to its received from campus.
ryan, Lawrence graduate student, said the transportation board's in concern was that students ud abuse the program.
"The purpose of Secure Cab is to e people who are in trouble a ride ne." Bryan said. "It's not formal transportation. We're there when they had one beer too many their friends left them at a bar or ok, or they are on campus and al someone is following them. ople still need to be responsible for ir own transportation."
to keep students from abusing the vice, Bryan said students would ask for their KUID number and address where they ask to be left.
though the number of women
ig through rush this year
peased, the percentage of pledges
poted increased by about 5 per-
cent.
vorites at the University of Kan-
received their pledges Saturday,
all but four houses reached
as set for this year.
Bryan Swan san staff writer
orority rush nishes with 01 pledges
there have been open-house par­
with about 800 women, and this much less than last year," said
in Renflower, Overland Park
and a member of Alpha Chi
ga, 1500 Sigma Nu Place. "All houses set their quotas at 54
bears this year. There have been
ideably less people going
hough, though last year."
a per-house quotas set by the
city system have remained fairly
the last few years. Two years
he quotas was 68, and last year it
2. Despite last year's closing of
Alpha Phi house, 1602 High Drive,
nota remained about the same.
Trisha Harris, Tulsa, Okla.
we had a larger number of e going through one might think losing mattered, but it really i make a difference," said Harman member of PI Beta Phi, 1612 W. it, and vice president of sororials for the Panellinic Coun-
KANSAN 1989 Destination Kansas City/ AUGUST 23, 1989
said the number of women who ad last year was 980, compared a year's 901.
we pledging more than usual.",
'a said, "It's a smaller number
ast year, but the percentage of
as accepted is larger. We usi-
tledge about two-thirds, but this
it was around 73 percent."
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